, as david has, the hard work of david,mike,jeff, ofthe center. who is responsible for convening this group of scholars, poice makers, and key figures from the private sector. as david highlighted this session i should point out that we examined the full spectrum over high skilled immigration in an effort to refrain current thinking about admission policies or highly skilled foreign born workers. experts provide different perspectives on the suggest and discuss the benefits and limitations of current and proposed policies. simply put, they put deliberations together with some very smart people. the writer famously observed that the thing he disliked about an argument that it interrupts a discussion. our aim is discussion tonight. to pull threads together and to invite your questions and discussion and to focus on some of the big issues. to do so we have aseemed a panelist representing three groups. the academy, the government, and the private sector. we will rely on veteran journalist alan murrey to introduce the panelists. he is a long-time friend who recently left his online po

and means committee and paul ryan, chairman of the budget committee,andjeffhensarlingare still debating. there was not a and of support within the caucus. the amount of revenue is far in excess as to what can -- compared to what the speaker is offering. bowels-simpson was not acceptable than and it will not be acceptable now guest: it got 60% of the votes. it did not get the supermajority but it got a lot of republican and democratic support. the political construct was successful. it is not tax increases that are the key. it is in exchange for what. if you take that on, you have a different location -- equations. guest: how can you miss alan simpson? [video clip] ♪ >> stop getting on youtube and watching gangnam style and go sign people up on this baby. take part or get taken apart. or these folks will take apart the treasury before you get there. ♪ ♪ host: that has gone virus. -- viral. he refers to the old coots will spend the money. those are his words. guest: i really cannot stand that video. he just raised the stakes enormously. he is right, though. one of the most

commitment on the part of the governor who is the head of the railroadauthority.jeffmoralesis the director. to complete the california high speed rail within the next 10 years. >> i would like to join my colleagues in wishing you a happy birthday. even more, we hope you'll continue to stay. >> thank you. >> the morning. -- good morning. we are happy to have you here. it just one quick comment and maybe you can help me understand this. and from north during predict i am from northern wisconsin where we do not have -- i am from northern wisconsin or we do not have a lot of people. i recognize there are corridors where high-speed rail would work pretty effectively. i do not come at this from a position of the negative on high-speed rail. i do think there is a level of naivete for americans that often compare what is going on in china to what is going on in the united states. having spent some time in the construction industry, there is a certain nimbleness to communism. there is the freedom of just taking over land because the country owns it all and they can say to citizens "we like